Political dynasties emerging in PTI, Rahimullah Yousafzai says

JournalismPakistan.com | Published 7 years ago

ISLAMABAD - Senior journalist Rahimullah Yousafzai on Friday questioned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s allocation of tickets for the by-elections to relatives of their leaders.

In a tweet, he maintained that Prime Minister Imran Khan always opposed former Premier Nawaz Sharif and former President Asif Ali Zardari for dynastic politics.

“Pervez Khattak got PTI tickets for his son Ibrahim & brother Liaqat, Asad Qaiser for brother Aqibullah, Ali Amin Gandapur for brother Faisal Amin to contest by-election for KP Assembly seats they vacated. Political dynasties emerging in PTI. Didn't Imran oppose Sharifs, Zardaris!”

It was surprising to see that reaction to Yousafzai’s tweet by the supporters of PTI was sober, with almost no personal attacks against him.

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